Basketball practice device



Nov. 16, 1954 w. c. CRISP BASKETBALL PRACTICE DEVICE Filed March 26,1953 Fig.

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Wm m 3mm 0 2 .m a 8 C M r u 4 M w W United States Patent BASKETBALLPRACTICE DEVICE Wilbur C. Crisp, Little Falls, N. Y. Application March26, 1953, Serial No. 344,727 2 Claims. (Cl. 2731.5)

This invention relates to athletic equipment and more particularly to acover for a basketball basket.

The particular object of this invention is to provide means fordeveloping in basketball players additional ability to tap a ball into abasket or to obtain the rebound.

The construction of this invention features a resilient cover for abasketball basket which may be readily installed in engagement with therim of the basket in a minimum of time by use of a spring pressed clamp.Other features include a plurality of concentric inner rings whichtogether with an upwardly bowed member securing the rings to the outerring form a resilient surface for providing a striking platform for abasketball which will cause the ball to rebound in a similar manner tonatural rebounds caused by the inaccuracy of the shot at the basket.

Still further objects and features of the invention reside in theprovision of a tapping and rebound basket for a basketball basket thatis strong and durable, simple in construction and manufacture, capableof being readily produced out of easily obtained materials at arelatively low cost, and which may be easily installed on all standardsize basketball baskets.

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by this tapping and rebound basket, a preferredembodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings,by way of example only, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the basket as placed upon abasketball basket;

Figure 2 is an elevational detail showing the ball striking the basket;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view as taken along the planeof line 3-3 in Figure Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view as takenalong the plane of line 4-4 in Figure 5; and,

Figure 5 is a top plan view of this invention.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views,reference numeral generally designates a basketball basket having a rim12, the basketball basket being of conventional construction. Thetapping and rebound basket which comprises the present invention isgenerally indicated at 14 and includes an outer ring 16 formed of steelor other suitable material which has a peripheral outer flange 18integrally formed therewith or welded thereto. The flange 18 is adaptedto seat on the rim 12 with the ring 16 seated Within the confines of therim 12. An upwardly arcuately convexly bowed member 20 is provided andhas end portions 22 and 24 welded to the flange 18.

The member 20 carries a plurality of concentric spaced inner rings suchas at 26 and 28 which are welded to the member 20. Any desired number ofthese rings 26 and 28 may be used. The bowed member 20 is provided witha pointed top portion 30 in order to prevent a ball from seating itselfon the bowed member thus losing to a player preicious moments ofpractice while the ball is retrieve plate 30 to be set and ring, saidcover including an 2,694,572 Patented Nov. 16, 1954 A substantiallyL-shaped retainer plate 32 is welded to the ring 16 and has a portion 34extending outwardly therefrom substantially parallel to the flange 18.The rim 12 is adapted to be retained between the retainer plate 32 andthe flange 18. Furthermore, secured to the ring 16 diametrically opposedfrom the retainer plate 32 is a threaded rod 36 which carries anadjustable stop 38 in the form of a nut. On the threaded rod 36 there isalso rotatably positioned a second retainer plate 40 which issubstantially flat and which is biased by spring 42, which spring 42also biases the ring 16. The spring 42 will prevent the retaining plate40 from rotating after the tapping and rebound basket has been suitablypositioned in engagement with the rim 12. The nut 38 permits thelowermost position of the retainer adjusted.

Since from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of thistapping and rebound basket are readily apparent, further description isbelieved to be unnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specificationand accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention tothe precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be readily resorted to that fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A tapping and rebound basket comprising a cover in combination with abasketball basket having a net supporting ring and a net suspended fromsaid net supporting outer ring, a flange on said outer ring, at leastone inner ring spaced from said outer ring, an upwardly convex membersecured to said inner ring and said outer ring and overlying saidflange, closure means secured to said upwardly convex member forpreventing passage of a basketball through said basket, a first retainerplate secured to said outer ring and extend outwardly from said outerring substantially parallel to said flange, a threaded rod secured tosaid outer ring, an adjustable stop member threadedly secured on saidrod, a second retainer plate rotatably secured on said rod, and aresilient member biasing said second retainer plate and said outer ring.

2. A tapping and rebound basket comprising a cover in combination with abasketball basket having a net supporting ring and a net suspended fromsaid net supporting ring, said cover including an outer ring adapted toseat within and concentric to the net supporting ring of said basketballbasket, a peripheral flange secured to said outer ring for overlying thenet supporting ring of said basket, at least one inner ring spaced fromsaid outer ring, an upwardly convex member secured to said inner ringand said outer ring and overlying said flange, closure means secured tosaid upwardly convex member for preventing passage of a basketballthrough said basket, a first retainer plate secured to said outer ringand extending outwardly from said outer ring substantially parallel tosaid flange, a threaded rod secured to said outer ring, an adjustablestop member threadedly secured on said rod, a second retainer platerotatably secured on said rod, and a resilient member biasing saidsecond retainer plate and said outer ring.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 360,892 Konold Apr. 12, 1887 1,904,836 Peoples Apr. 18, 19332,039,794 Hayden Mar. 5, 1936 2,543,300 Ptak Feb. 27, 1951 2,649,991Woock Aug. 25, 1953

